Saturday, December 13, 2014

SEASON'S READINGS! KILLER CHARACTERS' AUTHORS ARE GIVING AWAY A BOOK EVERY DAY IN DECEMBER!

Spell Booked by Joyce and Jim Lavene

Looking for a Few Good Witches

By Molly Renard, Elsie Langston, and Olivia Dunst

From Spell Booked

Book 1 in the Retired Witches Mysteries

“Can you see her?” Olivia fussed with her lipstick. “There’s
no usein having spelled binoculars if you can’t see anything.”

“I can see just fine,” Elsie snapped back, refusing to allow
her friend to take the binoculars from her. “She’s not out there yet. If she
were, I’d tell you. Why don’t you get me another cup of tea?”

Olivia gave me the look, a frown between her eyes, her nose
wrinkled like she’d smelled something awful. Her smooth blond hair looked
perfect, as always. Her gray eyes were impatient—as always. “Do something, Molly.
Do we want to check out this new girl, or what?”

I smiled at her, amused as anyone would be with the comfort of
long years of friendship. “I’m sure Elsie can see her as well as you could.
She’s facing in the right direction.”

“Thank you, Molly.” Elsie inclined her head, and her large
pink hat slid down into her face. “Oh dear. There must be something wrong with
the spell. Everything has gone pink.”

“Oh no! That can’t be right, Molly,” Olivia complained. “Do
we really want the book to start that way? It makes us sound stupid and inept!”

“It doesn’t make us sound stupid or inept,” Elsie disagreed.
“I think it’s a good start to the book. What’s the name again?

“Spell Booked,” I replied. “It’s in reference to having our
spell book stolen.”

“Shouldn’t we call it a Grimoire?” Olivia's voice
deepened on the word. “It sounds so much more attractive, don’t you think?”

“I think spell book is just fine,” I answered. “And easier
for most people to understand.”

“You sound just like Cher when you say Grimoire, Olivia.”
Elsie giggled. “You should dance around a little for the visual.”

“Easy for you to say, you’re not dead in the book!” Olivia
was still huffy about her role. “Why wasn’t it you, Molly, or you, Elsie? It’s such a
shame for someone who looks like me to be a ghost through so much of the book. Who's going to play me in the screen adaptation anyway?”

I picked up my pen to start work on the second book in
the series, Looking for Mr. Goodwitch. “Let’s hold out for HBO, shall we, ladies? That Sookie
Stackhouse character did very well!”

The national bestselling authors of the Missing Pieces Mysteries summon up the first Retired Witches Mystery in a brand new supernatural series...

Once upon a time in Wilmington, North Carolina, three witches ran a curio shop named Smuggler’s Arcane. But as the years passed, their magical powers started to fade—leaving them no choice but to conjure up a retirement package…

Before they could blink their eyes or twitch their noses, Molly, Elsie, and Olivia somehow became eligible for AARP. But they can’t fly off to Boca Raton just yet. First they must give up their magic, recruit and train three new witches, and pass on their cherished spell book.

They’ve barely begun to consider potential practitioners when Olivia winds up dead and their spell book is stolen. To honor their friend and reclaim their spells, Molly and Elsie are about to go wand-to-wand with a dangerous young witch more powerful than the trio was in their prime. And this time they’re going to need more than magic up their sleeves…

WIN A COPY OF SPELL BOOKED and a broomstick book mark, BY LEAVING A COMMENT!

So happy for your new release, Joyce and Jim. Would love to become the recipient of your book; I need diversion to my life as it has been going and this would be a fun book to do just that. Thank you for the chance to enjoy your great sounding book. Cynthia.

Welcome

We are the characters--major and minor--who inhabit the pages of some of your favorite cozy mysteries.We're coming out from between the covers and welcoming you into our lives.So grab a nice cuppa, settle in, and learn what happens when our authors aren't looking.